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Annual Muste Lecture to Consider Jesus and Peace Making

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Dr. Glen Stassen, who is the Lewis B. Smedes Professor of Ethics at Fuller Theological
Seminary, will present “A Thicker Jesus is the Basis for Just Peace Making” on Thursday,
Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall through the A.J. Muste Memorial
Lecture Series at Hope College.

The public is invited. Admission is free.

Stassen is known for developing the “Just Peacemaking” theory in ethics on the question
of war. He has published nine books, including “Just Peacemaking: Transforming Initiatives
for Justice and Peace” and, new this fall, “A Thicker Jesus: International Discipleship
in a Secular Age.” His concept of a “thicker Jesus” reflects viewing Jesus as Lord
over the whole of life and not just one part of it.

Stassen holds degrees from the University of Virginia, Union Theological Seminary
and Duke University, and has been a visiting scholar at Harvard, Columbia and the
University of Heidelberg.

The A.J. Muste Memorial Lecture Series began in 1985 to commemorate the life and work
of A.J. Muste, an alumnus of Hope College (1905) who became a tireless activist for
the causes of peace and justice.

Dr. Glen Stassen, who is the Lewis B. Smedes Professor of Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary, will present “A Thicker Jesus is the Basis for Just Peace Making” on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall through the A.J. Muste Memorial Lecture Series at Hope College.